Balance, Balance, Balance!

  As a parent it is easy to find life being all about the kids. When our two children were young preschoolers their father and I would strive to balance our lives around  the very important issues of sleep, play dates, parenting classes, parenting books, the parents of our kids friends, and oh, ya work!…

Stop “shoulding” all over yourself

Learning to honor where you are in your spiritual development is an important part of the process.  Do you find a way to add extra pressure unto yourself for not being at the place of enlightenment as you “should” be? Many make plans at an early age for their lives only to change these plans,…

The Teeter Totter of Life

This month’s theme of Balance at our center came at a perfect time in our families’ life. We are in the process of moving and looking for a new place to live, staying in the same town. Our two girls are old enough to have a say, or an opinion at least. Which makes things even…

Youth Is Not Wasted On The Young

How often do you get a chance to experience what it’s like to be a teenager again?  I was so blessed to have that opportunity.  Today, I attended “A Day At Camp,” which was facilitated by the In-Flight Teens at the Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley, and it was amazing! Having three children who…

Do You Have the Power to Stop God?

Have you ever denied your identity? When I watch one of my favorite musicals, Les Miserables, I am always moved by the goodness of the protagonist, Jean Val Jean. He was a man who was cruelly and brutally incarcerated for stealing a loaf of bread. Released from prison after nineteen years of unjust punishment, he…